Artificial intelligence in the capitalist university : academic labour, commodification, and value / John Preston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Preston, John, 1967- author.

Series:

Routledge studies in education, neoliberalism and Marxism

Routledge studies in education, neoliberalism, and marxism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence--Educational applications.

Artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence--Economic aspects.

Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects.

Capitalism and education.

Marxist criticism.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Taylor & Francis.

New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Using Marxist critique, this book explores manifestations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education and demonstrates how it contributes to the functioning and existence of the capitalist university. Challenging the idea that AI is a break from previous capitalist technologies, the book offers nuanced examination of the impacts of AI on the control and regulation of academic work and labour, on digital learning and remote teaching, and on the value of learning and knowledge. Applying a Marxist perspective, Preston argues that commodity fetishism, surveillance, and increasing productivity ushered in by the growth of AI, further alienates and exploits academic labour and commodifies learning and research. The text puts forward a solid theoretical framework and methodology for thinking about AI to inform critical and revolutionary pedagogies. Offering an impactful and timely analysis, this book provides a critical engagement and application of key Marxist concepts in the study of AI's role in higher education. It will be of interest to those working or researching in higher education"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Capitalist universities, AI and value

AI and the subsumption of academic labour

The pixarfication of higher education

Disaster capitalism and time in the virtual university

AI, existential threat and the capitalist university

AI and the end of the capitalist university.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Print version: Preston, John, 1967- Artificial intelligence in the capitalist university

ISBN:

9781000471502

1000471500

9781003081654

1003081657

1000471497

9781000471496

OCLC:

1255523832

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access